Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Dutch conclude lobbying didn’t influence Uber International’s taxes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Experts for the Dutch government have found that an Uber lobbying campaign between 2013 and 2015 did not lead to special tax treatment for the U.S. company in the Netherlands, wh...
Dec 07, 2022
French environmentalists file complaint against Apple for wasteful practices
PARIS (Reuters) -A French environmental campaign group filed a complaint against Apple Inc. over commercial practices restricting the use of spare parts for repairs, it said on Wednesday. "In many of ...
Dec 07, 2022
Volkswagen to invest $482 million in electrifying Wolfsburg plant
BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen will invest 460 million euros ($482 million) by early 2025 in its Wolfsburg plant, with most of the funds going into preparation for the production of the electric ID.3 mo...
Dec 07, 2022
French watchdog orders Amazon to pay $3.5 million in penalties
PARIS (Reuters) - A French watchdog has ordered U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com to pay 3.3 million euros ($3.5 million) in penalties for failing to modify contractual provisions related to third-part...
Dec 07, 2022
Uber, Motional launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas
(Reuters) - U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc and driverless tech-maker Motional have launched their public robotaxi service in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Tough regulatory scrutiny and delayed...
Dec 07, 2022
Italy’s Meloni and daughter targeted by online death threat
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her 6-year-old daughter have received online death threats from an unemployed man angry over government plans to cut an anti-poverty subsidy,...
Dec 07, 2022
Swedish self-driving truck start-up Einride raises more cash
By Marie Mannes (Reuters) - Swedish electric self-driving truck start-up Einride said on Wednesday it had agreed to raise capital of $500 million from debt, equity and the conversion of earlier loans,...
Dec 07, 2022
European tech industry loses $400 billion market value, report says
By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European tech industry saw $400 billion in value wiped out this year and an 18% decline in venture capital funding, according ...
Dec 07, 2022
India cenbank says digital currency transactions to stay largely anonymous
By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) - Transactions via central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would remain anonymous "to a certain degree", a top official at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wedne...
Dec 07, 2022
Israel targets ‘smart’ cities with new 5G mobile auction
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel urged mobile firms to expand the deployment of fifth-generation sites to allow for 'smart' stadiums and hospitals on Wednesday, as the country launched it...
Dec 07, 2022
